Oversight and Transparency for Small Business Certifications Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8879 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8879 To amend the Small Business Act to require a report on small business concern participation in a covered contracting programs, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 19, 2026 Mr. Olszewski (for himself and Mr. Wied) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Small Business Act to require a report on small business concern participation in a covered contracting programs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Oversight and Transparency for Small Business Certifications Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. REPORT ON SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN PARTICIPATION IN A COVERED CONTRACTING PROGRAMS. Section 10(c) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 639(c)) is amended to read as follows: ``(c) Certification Reports.-- ``(1) In general.--Along with the submission to Congress of the budget of the President for each fiscal year pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Administrator shall submit a report on small business concern participation in a covered contracting program during the year covered by the report that includes the following: ``(A) The total number of unique small business concerns certified for participation in a covered contracting program. ``(B) With respect to applications of small business concerns for participation in a covered contracting program-- ``(i) the total number of applications for participation that have sufficient information for the Administrator to issue a certification determination, disaggregated by-- ``(I)